Celebrity Travel: Go Away With Shay Mitchell
The "Pretty Little Liars" series finale is airing later this summer, but Shay Mitchell (who plays |Emily Fields) doesn't have time to mourn. She has finished work on the horror film "Cadaver," has plans to write a follow-up to her book, "Bliss," and is working on Fullscreen's reality series, "Shades of Shay." Mitchell was born in Mississauga (near Toronto) to a Filipina mother (who is the cousin of Broadway star Lea Salonga) and an Irish-Scottish father. Based out of Los Angeles, she stays in touch with fans via social media at Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/shaymitchell/), Twitter (https://twitter.com/shaymitch) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/OfficialShayMitchell/).
Q. What is your favorite vacation destination?
A. It would have to be a toss-up between Morocco and Italy. Morocco was easily one of the most amazing and inspiring places I have ever been to. The food and people were great and the design and architecture is unreal. I did so much shopping for my home there! Go to the Medina. The souks there sell incredible, homemade things and the atmosphere there is great. And Italy is somewhere that I have always loved and dreamed of living eventually. The people and the food in Italy are unlike any place I've ever been. Depending on where you are, rent an old car and drive up the coast. Capri and Positano are two places you can't miss in Italy.
Q. What untapped destination should people know about?
A. There are so many amazing islands in the Philippines that people are just discovering, it is incredible over there.
Q. What was the first trip you took as a child?
A. When I was five, my mom took me to L.A. and we went to Disneyland. It was just the two of us so that made it special, and what 5-year-old doesn't love a trip to see Mickey!?
Q. What's the most important thing you've learned from your travels?
A. When I travel, I try to make a point of taking local, back roads and not necessarily following a plan. It may very well be the road less traveled, but each place I have been to, I have done this and it has never disappointed me. I always find a sweet face of a young child or an older woman with an expressive smile and those are the things I remember most about a trip.
Q. Have you traveled to a place that stood out so much that you felt compelled to incorporate it into your life?
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